A pin is a device used for fastening objects or material together. Pin or PIN may also refer to:

People

Ayah Pin Ariffin Mohammed (22 June 1941 – 22 April 2016), better known as Ayah Pin (''Father Pin''), was a Malaysian cult leader and founder of the Sky Kingdom ( ms, Kerajaan Langit) religious sect. His movement had a commune based in Besut, Tereng ...

(1941–2016), Malaysian cult leader

Surname "Pin"

Camille Pin Camille Pin (born 25 August 1981) is a French former professional tennis player. Her 2006 season was rather successful, for a player ranked lower than the top 100 in the WTA Tour. After a second-round loss to Serena Williams in the Australian Op ...

(born 1981), French tennis player * Celeste Pin (born 1961), Italian soccer player * Doriane Pin (born 2004), French racing driver *

Gabriele Pin Gabriele Pin (born 21 January 1962) is an Italian football coach, and a former player. He is currently an assistant coach at Al-Ittihad Kalba. Pin became a coach after a long professional career as a midfielder. As a player, he won the Scudett ...

(born 1962), Italian soccer player * Jean-Éric Pin, French mathematician

Given name "Pin"

* Haing Pin (1942–2020), Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader * Luo Pin (1733–1799; zh, links=no, 羅聘), Chinese Qing Dynasty painter * Lu Pin (disambiguation), several people *

Pin Malakul Mom Luang Pin Malakul''Mom luang'' is a Thai honorific hereditary title denoting a royal bloodline; the subject's personal name was ''Pin Malakul''. ( th, หม่อมหลวงปิ่น มาลากุล; 24 October 1903 – 5 ...

(1903–1995), Thai educator * Mun Pin (1998–2023; ko, link=no, 문빈), South Korean entertainer * Sun Pin (3rd century BCE), Chinese Warring States era general * Ts'ao Pin (931–999; zh, links=no, 曹彬), Chinese general *

Wang Pin Wang Pin (; born December 11, 1974) is a Chinese chess player. She was awarded the title of Woman Grandmaster by FIDE in 1992. Wang was the Chinese national women's champion of 2002. By finishing fifth in the 1991 Women's Interzonal Tournament, ...

(born 1974; zh, links=no, 王频), chess player *

Wen Pin Wen Ping ( third century), courtesy name Zhongye, was a military general who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty and Three Kingdoms period of China. During his tenure as a general under the warlord Cao Cao, he was credited with defeatin ...

(3rd century CE), Chinese Three Kingdoms era general * Wu Pin (16th century CE; zh, links=no, 吳彬), Chinese Ming Dynasty landscape painter * Yu Pin (disambiguation), several people *

Paul Yu Pin Paul Yu Pin (; 13 April 1901 – 16 August 1978) was a Chinese cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Nanking from 1946 until his death, having previously served as its Apostolic Vicar, and was elevated to the cardinalate ...

(1901–1978; zh, links=no, 于斌, Yu Pin), Chinese Catholic cardinal

Places

* Le Pin (disambiguation) (french: link=no, The Pin, The Pine), several places *

Pin, Haute-Saône Pin () is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France.Pin (harp) The pin ( km, ពិណ, ) is a Cambodian harp, one of the most historically important instruments in Cambodian music. The instrument went extinct 1500s, and is now being restored in modern times. Its historical importance is emphasized by the ...

, a Cambodian musical instrument * "Pin", a song by Yeah Yeah Yeahs from the 2003 album '' Fever to Tell'' * "Pin", a song by Anuel AA from the 2021 album '' Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren'', * "The Pin", a song by Goo Goo Dolls from the 2016 album ''

Boxes A box (plural: boxes) is a container used for the storage or transportation of its contents. Most boxes have flat, parallel, rectangular sides. Boxes can be very small (like a matchbox) or very large (like a shipping box for furniture), and can ...

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* ''Pin'' (film), a 1988 Canadian horror film * ''Pin'' (novel), a 1981 American gothic horror thriller novel by Andrew Neiderman * The Pin (comedy act), on BBC Radio 4

Science and technology

Pin (computer program) Pin is a platform for creating analysis tools. A pin tool comprises instrumentation, analysis and callback routines. Instrumentation routines are called when code that has not yet been recompiled is about to be run, and enable the insertion of ana ...

, a platform for creating analysis tools *

Pin (electronics) In electronics, a lead () is an electrical connection consisting of a length of wire or a metal pad (surface-mount technology) that is designed to connect two locations electrically. Leads are used for many purposes, including: transfer of power; ...

, a short lead * Pin, an image on Pinterest social media service * Pin, to attach programs or files to a taskbar in a graphical user interface *

Personal identification number A personal identification number (PIN), or sometimes redundantly a PIN number or PIN code, is a numeric (sometimes alpha-numeric) passcode used in the process of authenticating a user accessing a system. The PIN has been the key to facilitat ...

, or PIN, a numeric passcode * PIN diode, a semiconductor device * PIN proteins, integral membrane proteins in plants * Preferred IUPAC name (PIN), a unique chemical name *

Prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia High-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN) is an abnormality of prostatic glands and believed to precede the development of prostate adenocarcinoma (the most common form of prostate cancer). It may be referred to simply as prostatic i ...

(PIN), an abnormality of prostatic glands

Sports and games

* Pin (amateur wrestling), a grappling hold that ends a match * Pin (professional wrestling), a wrestling move * Pin (bridge), a maneuver in the game of bridge * Pin (chess), a chess tactic * Bowling pin, the target of a bowling ball

Other uses

Piame language Piame is a Sepik language The Sepik or Sepik River languages are a family of some 50 Papuan languages spoken in the Sepik river basin of northern Papua New Guinea, proposed by Donald Laycock in 1965 in a somewhat more limited form than presen ...

(ISO 639 language code pin) * Pin, a cask size of half a firkin in English brewery cask units *

PIN (debit card) PIN was a debit card brand in the Netherlands from 1990 until 2012, owned by Currence. PIN was a magnetic stripe card, which never migrated to the EMV chip. It was therefore discontinued in 2012, after the switch-over from magnetic stripe authent ...

, a Dutch debit card brand * PIN Group, a German postal company * Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences (PIN), Moscow, Russia * People in Need (PIN), a Czech non-profit organization *

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(PIN), issued under the UK Protection from Harassment Act 1997 * Postal code, or PIN, a series of digits or letters used in a postal address ** Postal Index Number, in India * '' Pinxit'', abbreviated PIN, added to the signature of a painter * Award pin, recognising an achievement * Lapel pin, a small pin worn on clothing